Ancestry by DNA analysis.

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

Thanks both.

My mother's family are from the NE coastal area of England so I harbour a notion that I might be a Viking.
However, whilst I am tall enough to be a Viking, I'm only half as wide and there's a conspicuous lack of a blonde blue eyed maiden on my arm, so 'Early English Peasant' it is then

Carruthers.

PS It has to be said that I cut a dashing figure in a horned helmet.

The BBC had a programme called Blood of the Vikings a couple of years ago, trying to trace Norse blood in people in the UK. The highest concentrations were definitely on the Scottish Isles. I seem to remember some people they tested in the North East were disappointed that their ability to walk around half-dressed in January did not in fact come from Viking ancestry

It is fascinating of course. If you decide to go for it, or find a cheaper option please do share your results.